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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
4
John F. Sappington, appointed administrator of the Hocking Valley Hospital under construction, plans a temporary Logan office this week to speed equipment for the new facility. He has yet to find a location and will move his family to 768 N. Wood St in August.
An advertisement touts FASTEETH denture powder as providing firmer comfortable false teeth with no taste or pasty feel. It claims no nausea, an alkaline base, and odor control for denture breath. Available at drug counters nationwide.
Karen Strawn daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Strawn will become secretary in the Hocking County child welfare office on Aug 1 She is training under Mrs Carol O Donnell who leaves July 31 Betty Heidlabaugh replaces Kathryn Whisler in the extension office in June
Coffman Stair Co. co-owner and his brother announce the purchase of the former Godman Shoe Co. site in Logan to open a new window grill manufacturing plant. They plan to sand blast the building, expect some Washington D C personnel to relocate, and noted it may boost local employment gradually. The Godman Co. operated locally since 1934 and closed in spring.
Hal Spang a 62 year old former professional grappler recalls the sport in the 1930s as gritty and real while condemning today’s matches as showy. He claims to have wrestled top middleweights in Columbus before retiring in 1935 and still writes letters to editors and runs five year fitness bouts. The story also notes the Hocking County Junior Fair Board meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday in the courthouse auditorium.
Logan report shows the Hocking County Child Welfare Board processed 100 cases in June, matching May. Total cost was 3008.79 dollars, up from 2554.22 in May, with medical expenses rising from 160 to 523.
Logan Barber Karl Poling recounts offbeat trips including a 700 mile route that mostly stayed outside Ohio and a detour to Broken Bow Oklahoma with no real plan. Hocking County Judge Vaughn Collins warns of harsher riots penalties. Little Murray City hosts a crowded homecoming with Detroit visitors. A hamsters shipment mishap prompts a storeowner to skip orders. Otto Shaw heads to San Diego for county commissions convention with Hawaii visit planned.
One producer and two dry holes are listed in the Ohio Oil and Gas Association scout report. Hell Bros. drilled the first well on C. H. Mathias land in Falls Two and produced 50 000 feet of gas and 20 barrels of oil. Green Two shows two dry holes drilled by John Altier Sr. on Lemon and James Lemon farms.
Ned Cochran, president of a six man Hocking County Airport Authority, says no progress on establishing a county airport. The group formed in May to study proposals from Raike Architectural Firm of Ashland and explore federal and state aid. The report notes delays and weather interruptions.
Three wells exceeding 2800 feet were plugged in Hocking County per the Ohio Oil and Gas Association. Oxford Oil Co. completed No. 2 on the Gert rude Kuns lease in Marion Twp and No. 3 on land leased from Pearl Benson haver in Washington Two. Wood-Rider Inc. plugged No. 2 on the Dale Smith lease in Marion Two.
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